Per Legem Angliae

By the law of England; by the curtesy. Fleta, lib. 2, c. 54, § 18. PER LEGEM TERRAE (Lat.) By the law of the land; by indictment or presentment of good and lawful men. 7 111. 519. PER METAS ET BUN DAS (Law Lat.) old English law. By metes and bounds. PER MINAS (Lat. by threats). When a man is compelled to enter into a contract by threats or menaces, either for fear of loss of life or mayhem, he may avoid it afterwards. 1 Bl. Comm. 131; Bac. Abr. "Duress," "Murder" (A). See "Duress." PER MISADVENTURE (Lat. and Eng.)

In old English law. By mischance. 4 Bl. Comm. 182. The same with per infortwnium (q. v.) PER MY ET PER TOUT (Law Fi'. by the estate, the effect of which, technically considered, is that for purposes of tenure and survivorship each is the holder of the whole, but for purposes of alienation each has only his own share, which is presumed in law to be equal. 1 Washb. Real Prop. 406; 2 Bl. Comm. 182. In partnerships. Each partner has a joint interest in the whole but not a separate interest in any particular part of the partnership property; and being so possessed, and because the title of partners is undivided, it follows that all have a^ moiety or the same species of interest in the stock in trade, whether each individual partner contributes exactly in the same proportion or not. But their several degrees of interest must be regulated according to the stipulated proportions and the different conditions of the partnership. 213 111. 480; 80 111. 300.

By the law of England.